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====Public schools==== The [[New York City Department of Education]] operates public schools in Washington Heights as part of Community School District 6.<ref>{{cite web |title=InsideSchools: District 6|website=InsideSchools |url=https://insideschools.org/districts/6 | access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> As with most other school districts in New York City, District 6 has both zoned schools, which take students mainly from a small area in the neighborhood, and unzoned schools, which admit students from anywhere in the district.<ref name="Etherington 2016">{{cite web | last=Etherington | first=Cait | title=Stuff You Should Know: How NYC School Zones and Districts Work | website=6sqft | date=April 27, 2016 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/stuff-you-should-know-understanding-how-nycs-school-zones-and-districts-work/ | access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> Zoned public elementary and elementary/middle schools include:<ref name="d6nys"/> {{multiple image |align=right |direction=vertical |total_width=200 |image1=P.S. 189 2580 Amsterdam Avenue.jpg|caption1=PS 189 |image2=PS 187 Hudson Cliffs school jeh.jpg|caption2=PS/IS 187 Hudson Cliffs }} * PS 28 Wright Brothers (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M028|title=P.S. 028 Wright Brothers|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> * PS 189 (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M189|title=P.S. 189|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141528/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M189|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 48 PO Michael J Buczek (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M048|title=P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141523/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M048|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 128 Audubon (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M128|title=P.S. 128 Audubon|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141516/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M128|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 173 (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M173|title=P.S. 173|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141531/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M173|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 4 Duke Ellington (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M004|title=P.S. 004 Duke Ellington|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029150510/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M004|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 8 Luis Belliard (grades 3K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M008|title=P.S. 008 Luis Belliard|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625152443/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M008|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 115 Alexander Humboldt (grades PK–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M115|title=P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141524/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M115|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 152 Dyckman Valley (grades PK–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M152|title=P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627194456/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M152|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Dos Puentes Elementary School (grades K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M103|title=Dos Puentes Elementary School|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627225721/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M103|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS 132 Juan Pablo Duarte (grades K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M132|title=P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141520/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M132|url-status=dead}}</ref> * PS/IS 187 Hudson Cliffs (grades PK–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M187|title=P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141526/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M187|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unzoned elementary and elementary/middle schools include: * Castle Bridge School (grades PK–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M513|title=Castle Bridge School|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141521/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M513|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Professor Juan Bosch Public School (grades K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M178|title=Professor Juan Bosch Public School|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630053103/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M178|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zoned middle schools include: * JHS 143 Eleanor Roosevelt (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M143|title=P.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141521/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M143|url-status=dead}}</ref> * MS 319 Maria Teresa (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M319|title=M.S. 319 Maria Teresa|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141516/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M319|url-status=dead}}</ref> * MS 322 (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M322|title=Middle School 322|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629183216/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M322|url-status=dead}}</ref> * MS 324 Patria Mirabal (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M324|title=P.S. 324 Patria Mirabal|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141529/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M324|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unzoned middle and middle/high schools include: [[File:Gregorio Luperón HS for Math & Sci Amsterdam Av 165 St jeh.jpg|thumb|[[Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science|Gregorio Luperón High School for Science and Mathematics]]]] * Harbor Heights (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M349|title=Harbor Heights|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703030023/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M349|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Community Math and Science Prep (grades 6–8)<ref name="cmsprep">{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M328|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703050105/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M328|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2021|title=Community Math & Science Prep|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> * IS 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M528|title=I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029145217/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M528|url-status=dead}}</ref> * City College Academy of the Arts (grades 6–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M293|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702205839/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M293|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2021|title=City College Academy of the Arts|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> * Community Health Academy of the Heights (grades 6–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M346|title=Community Health Academy of the Heights|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021170910/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M346|url-status=dead}}</ref> The former [[George Washington Educational Campus|George Washington High School]], built in 1923, is located between 192nd and 193rd Streets directly west of [[Highbridge Park]].<ref name=CB/>{{Rp|72}} It became the George Washington Educational Campus in 1999 when it was split into four smaller schools:<ref name="GWHS">{{cite web|url=https://insideschools.org/school/00Z023|title=George Washington Educational Complex – District 6|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=[[InsideSchools]]}}</ref> * The College Academy (grades 9–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M462|title=The College Academy|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202193627/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M462|url-status=dead}}</ref> * High School for Media and Communications (grades 9–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M463|title=High School for Media and Communications|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703071643/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M463|url-status=dead}}</ref> * High School for Law and Public Service (grades 9–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M467|title=High School for Law and Public Service|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025121750/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M467|url-status=dead}}</ref> * High School for Health Careers and Sciences (grades 9–12)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M468|title=High School for Health Careers and Sciences|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703073148/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M468|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science|Gregorio Luperón High School for Science and Mathematics]] was founded in 1994 and serves a student body of newly arrived Spanish-speakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insideschools.org/school/06M552|title=Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics – District 6|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=[[InsideSchools]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M552|title=Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627191052/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M552|url-status=dead}}</ref> Washington Heights also has the unzoned [[Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School]], serving grades PK to 12.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/06/07/34college.h31.html|title=For Many Latino Students, College Seems Out of Reach – Education Week|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2020|website=[[Education Week]]|first=Caralee J.|last=Adams}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M348|title=Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408003705/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M348|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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